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• Downderry Xmas Factor

  Wed 20 Dec 2017

  On Tuesday we held our annual Xmas Factor talent contest. The standard was very high, well done to everyone who took part. The winner was Chloe from year4 for her dance act to Uptown Funk!

• Christmas Fair

  Fri 15 Dec 2017

  A huge “Thank You” to the PTA for organising a fantastically festive Christmas Fair and thank you to all parents, carers and friends who came along and those who made donations. We raised £840. This will be going towards a variety of projects within the school to support the children's experiences and learning!

  

• Christmas Jumper Day

  Fri 15 Dec 2017

  Today we have been raising money for Save the Children by wearing our Christmas Jumpers to school. We will inform you of the total raised next term.

  

• Christmas Album

  Fri 08 Dec 2017

  Downderry children have recorded an album of Christmas carols. CDs will be available at the Christmas Fair and from the office at £2 each. They would make a great gift for friends and relatives this Christmas!

  

• Christmas Choir

  Fri 08 Dec 2017

  The Downderry School Choir has had an exciting week! On Saturday they performed at The Glades, Bromley, to raise money for children’s charity Demelza. On Wednesday they sung for the Bellingham Goldie Oldies. Well done!

• Basketball

  Mon 04 Dec 2017
  Downderry pupils took part in a Basketball festival held at Bonus Pastor. There were four schools, in a round robin tournament.
  

  Downderry finished 2nd overall to the eventual winners, Good Shepherd. The scores were very close right up to the last round. The atmosphere was exciting and the players all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and enjoyed meeting pupils from other schools. 
  

  Well done to all players! Check out the Teams and Competition section of our website full the full report.
   

  

• Reading School

  Mon 04 Dec 2017
  Downderry is now officially a ‘Reading School’.  We have been awarded this by Scholastic and the Institute of Education who recognise our strong ethos of reading for pleasure and our dedication to ensuring all children at Downderry leave our school being able to read.  Well done!

  

• Year 6 visit the Bellingham Golden Oldies

  Fri 01 Dec 2017
  Some Year 6 children had the honour of visiting members of the Bellingham Golden Oldies this week. The children shared some work around their current topic 'World War 2' and asked the members questions regarding their experience of the war. It was very interesting to hear first hand stories of what it was like to be a child at this time and learn about the members very different experiences of being evacuated.

  

• Poppy Appeal

  Fri 01 Dec 2017

  Thanks to everyone who bought a poppy for Remembrance Day. Downderry raised a staggering £642.31 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal to fund welfare work for our Armed Forces families. The total raised by all schools in the BR1/BR2 area was £12,701.52.

   

  A big thank you to Mollie and Chloe for their tremendous help.